Drones Are A Snap With Acquisition Of Ctrl Me Robotics

Late last year, Snap acquired LA-based drone company Ctrl Me Robotics, according toBuzzfeed. Recent reports indicate that the maker of Snapchat and Spectacles intends to develop a drone of its own as it looks to push beyond developing apps and into hardware.

Snap reportedly acquired Ctrl Me Robotics for less than a million dollars last last year, in a deal that included some of the company’s equipment and assets, as well as its founder, Simon Nielsen. Ctrl Me Robotics described itself as a company that built and developed custom drones, with a particular focus on drones that carried cameras for local film studios, according to a 2014 video released by the company. According to Buzzfeed, it’s not clear if Ctrl Me Robotics reached the point where it was developing drones of its own.